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Ten years later, U.S. officer’s Iraq diary tells grim tale

US Lieutenant Timothy McLaughlin’s Iraq diary is not an introspective journal, but 10 years after the invasion its terse, staccato account of a young man’s war holds a powerful charge. The telegraphic style of the entries, jotted in a small notebook embossed with the Marine Corps seal, leaves the reader…